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Revision as of 19:38, 11 April 2006
Contents
What are the minimum hardware requirements?
Odamex is very flexible, and can run on any of the following chipsets:
- Intel/Advanced Micro Devices x86
- Apple/IBM/Motorola PowerPC
- Sun SPARC
However, beyond this, there is no established 'minimum' hardware requirements that have been pinned down. If your computer is capable of running your operating system of choice comfortably, most likely Odamex will run just fine.
What are the minimum operating system requirements?
Odamex has been tested and has been confirmed to compile and run on the following operating systems:
- Windows 2000/XP
- Windows 98/Me
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- Mac OS X
- Solairs
However, as there are many different versions of these operating systems, the absolute minimum version requirements for each operating system have not yet been fully established.
What are the minimum Doom requirements?
Odamex requires a resource file from Doom or Doom 2 in order to play online. The most common resource files needed to play are:
- DOOM2.WAD v1.9 (Doom 2)
- DOOM.WAD v1.9 (Ultimate Doom)
- TNT.WAD and EVOLUTION.WAD v1.9 (Final Doom)
- DOOM1.WAD v1.9 (Shareware Doom)
- FREEDOOM.WAD v0.4.1 (FreeDoom)
The version number is important. There are several versions of most of these resource files floating around, and resources from one version will not work with another, so for consistansies sake the latest version is assumed. If you have a copy of Doom Collectors Edition or a version of Ultimate Doom or Doom 2 that is for Windows 95, then you are using the latest version of those resource files. If you have a copy of Doom or Doom 2 for DOS, please patch your resource file to the latest version.
The first three resource files on the above list must be purchased. The last two resource files on the list are free to download and distribute.
Help! Everyone moves too fast and I get killed within seconds!
Please read the article about gameplay for a short introduction to Doom's very unique style of Deathmatch.
What does Odamex stand for?
Some suggestions of what it could mean follow:
- What fraggle says when he is trying to get X working in Linux.
- "Oh! Yes! Fur!" as read in Russian